Active Quote by Benjamin Graham

While it might seem that anyone can be a value investor, the essential characteristics of this type of investor-patience, discipline, and risk aversion-may well…

— Seth Klarman

“A successful investor is generally a well-rounded individual who puts a natural curiosity and an intellectual interest to work.”

— Burton G. Malkiel

In contrast to the speculators preoccupation with rapid gain, value investors demonstrate their risk aversion by striving to avoid loss.

— Seth Klarman

The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the…

— Warren Buffett

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

— John Maynard Keynes

The list of qualities (an investor should have) include patience, self-reliance, common sense, a tolerance for pain, open-mindedness, detachment, persistence, humility, flexibility, a willingness…

— Peter Lynch

Traditionally the investor has been the man with patience and the courage of his convictions who would buy when the harried or disheartened speculator…

— Benjamin Graham

It is only by understanding the emotion of others that an investor has a chance to produce superior results.

— John Templeton

The successful investor is usually an individual who is inherently interested in business problems.

— Philip Arthur Fisher

Successful investors tend to be unemotional, allowing the greed and fear of others to play into their hands. By having confidence in their own…

— Seth Klarman

Usually, you measure appetite of investors by their ability or willingness to take a bit of leverage on their positions.

— Sergio Ermotti

The ability to change one's mind is probably a key characteristic of the successful investor. Dogmatic and rigid personalities rarely, if ever, succeed in…

— Jack D. Schwager